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Reform to alcohol policy recommended By Tyler Pager
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The Community Alcohol Coalition has recommended the University reform its policy on students who receive emergency medical care for an alcohol overdose by granting them medical amnesty from disciplinary sanctions within the University’s conduct system. The coalition submitted its recommendations last month regarding changes to Northwestern’s alcohol policy to Patricia Telles-Irvin, vice president for student affairs, and
a summary of the report will be released to the wider NU community this quarter, said Dean of Students Todd Adams, who chairs the coalition. The current Responsible Action Protocol policy only provides this medical amnesty for the student who contacts emergency officials to get help for an intoxicated student. Amnesty is only granted, however, if the aiding student follows RAP, which entails staying with the intoxicated student and cooperating with emergency and University officials. The policy states, “students will not be found responsible for alcohol- or drug -related policy violations and
sanctions will not be issued.” Students for Sensible Drug Policy launched a petition last week calling for the expansion of medical amnesty to students for overdoses on both alcohol and other illicit drugs. Members of SSDP said they were supportive of the coalition’s recommendations on alcohol, but don’t think they go far enough. “Underage drinking is still illegal so we should still be providing immunity to any other illicit activity,” said SSDP co-director Caroline Naughton. “Just because it’s not alcohol, that doesn’t mean it’s not a concern.” Anna DiStefano, the treasurer of
SSDP, was added to the Community Alcohol Coalition last quarter. She said the group’s petition is in line with the coalition’s recommendations, but asks for them to be expanded. “We want students to know the petition is in support of a completely comprehensive medical amnesty policy, which, although the formal recommendation is fantastic, it’s not all encompassing,” the Weinberg sophomore said. “We believe there would be some impact from widening the range.” Adams said he was glad to see students bringing forward ideas about the alcohol policy. The SSDP petition calls for
changing RAP to a Good Samaritan Policy, which Naughton said would help remove the fear students have of disciplinary sanctions when calling emergency officials. “A Good Samaritan Policy provides amnesty and protection from disciplinary consequences for the students involved in a medical emergency in an effort to promote quick, responsible action,” the petition says. The petition still supports treatment programs through NU’s Health Services if students need medical attention. “We really want to urge Todd » See amnesty, page 9
Author talks change in Catholic Church By Elena SucharetzA
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NEW VP IN TOWN McCormick sophomore Wendy Roldan is confirmed at Senate on Wednesday as Associated Student Government’s new vice president for student life. Senate also discussed a tobacco-free resolution and approved ASG’s operating budget.
ASG Senate elects student life VP By Shane McKeon
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Associated Student Government Senate discussed Wednesday a resolution that would make campus tobacco-free, confirmed a new vice president for student life and approved next year’s operating budget. Weinberg sophomore Alec Blumenthal co-authored a resolution calling on Northwestern to go tobacco-free by Fall Quarter 2016. The resolution asks the University to create a task force to oversee the policy change. Blumenthal, an off-campus senator, introduced the resolution and took questions. “No one should have to breathe secondhand smoke while walking around campus,” he said. “They shouldn’t be subject to health defects because of someone else’s decision.” He pointed to other Big Ten schools, including Ohio State University and Indiana University, that are tobacco-free. However, Senate rejected a similar proposal in
October 2013. A request for a tobacco-free campus goes further than one for a smoke-free campus, because the former includes a ban on electronic cigarettes and chewing tobacco. Senators will vote on the resolution May 20. Title IX Coordinator Joan Slavin and Tara Sullivan, assistant dean of students and director of student conduct and conflict resolution, presented and took questions about the University’s revised sexual misconduct policy. The new policy consolidates the “Policy on Sexual Misconduct, Stalking, and Dating and Domestic Violence” with the University’s Violence Against Women Act policy and procedure document. Slavin and Sullivan passed out drafts of the policy and Slavin reviewed some of the updates to the policy. Weinberg junior Erik Baker, the senator who represents four sexual health and sexual assault-related groups, said two of the biggest changes he noticed were the revamping of the definitions of stalking, dating and domestic violence and what it means for a student to be incapacitated. Additionally, Senate moved to confirm McCormick sophomore Wendy Roldan as
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vice president for student life. She said her two years on the student life committee helped prepare her for the position. “Student life covers everything that isn’t academics mainly,” she said. “In the end, we’re all trying to improve student life.” SESP junior Chris Harlow, Roldan’s predecessor, told The Daily he’s worked on projects with her before and was impressed by her passion for helping other students. “She brings a new perspective, particularly to mental health issues,” he said. “She really is the perfect candidate for this job.” Roldan’s confirmation ends a threeweek vacancy in the new post. Senate rejected Weinberg sophomore Isaac Rappoport, the selection committee’s original nominee for the slot, following a lengthy discussion at its April 22 meeting. Senate also voted to approve an operating budget for next school year. ASG is funded by the student activities fee, which students pay each quarter to make up the nearly $1.5 million ASG » See senate, page 9
A Pulitzer Prize-winning author discussed Wednesday changes to the Catholic Church surrounding society’s shifting social beliefs at the Evanston Public Library. Garry Wills, a writer who primarily explores topics of Roman Catholicism, spoke to about 100 community members and Northwestern students at the event as part of the inaugural Evanston Literary Festival. Although Wills predominately writes about religion, he received the 1993 Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction for his book, “Lincoln at Gettysburg: The Words That Remade America.” A Roman Catholic, Wills discussed his dissent from the conservative Catholic Right, the rise of liberal beliefs in the Catholic community, and his recent book, “The Future of the Catholic Church With Pope Francis.” “There are certain teachings which are totally ignored by Catholics,” Wills said. “The abortion rate among Catholics is the same as everybody else, the use of contraceptives … is rising in every poll. In this case, the church, the
people of God have just moved on.” The appointment of Pope Francis, who is widely considered a progressive pope, has angered conservatives, yet disappointed liberals who wish to see even greater change to the Vatican’s political climate, Wills said. He said that although this pope has generally strayed from more conservative Catholics on issues such as the condemnation of LGBT lifestyles, liberal Catholics have been disappointed with Francis’ track record regarding abortion and contraceptive use. “On things like sexual morality, the preceding popes made it a litmus test if you wanted to be a bishop,” Wills said. “Everyone had to pass that test including Pope Francis. So when this pope says ‘I’m a sinner,’ he is, he’s part of that sinful system, and he wants to make up for it.” This “system” also prevents Pope Francis from implementing the reforms that liberal Catholics desire, Wills said. He said it would be against liberal principles to try to implement reform without getting input from other church members. Wills gave the example of the scandal following the discovery that some Catholic priests had abused » See WILLS, page 9
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evolving vatican Author Garry Wills signs a copy of his book, “The Future of the Catholic Church With Pope Francis.” Wills talked at the Evanston Public Library on Wednesday night.
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Around Town Evanston teacher wins Golden Apple Award for teaching
A second grade teacher at an Evanston/Skokie School District 65 school won a regional award Wednesday that recognizes teachers who make a difference in the lives of students. James Schamber, a teacher at Orrington Elementary School, 2636 Orrington Ave., was one of 10 Chicago-area teachers to receive the Golden Apple Award for Excellence in Teaching. He was the only one of three finalists selected from Evanston schools that advanced to become a Golden Apple fellow. Golden Apple, an Illinois nonprofit, cited Schamber’s use of humor to facilitate the learning process as a key factor in him receiving the honor. “He leverages technology, dancing and singing to create a fun, comfortable and engaging classroom environment,” the foundation said in a news release.
Police Blotter Evanston resident arrested in connection with Home Depot theft
Police charged a 46-year-old man Monday with stealing more than $675 worth of goods from a Home Depot in Evanston, officials said. Officers were called to the Home Depot, 2201 Oakton St., around 2:35 p.m. Monday for a report of a theft, Evanston police Cmdr. Joseph Dugan said. The store’s 27-year-old security agent told police the Evanston man had put a battery, a garage door opener and other products in his shopping cart before covering the cart with his coat, officials said. The man then pushed the cart past the last point of sale and was stopped by the security agent, Dugan said. The items the 46-year-old tried to steal were valued at a little under $676, Dugan
Schamber, who has taught in District 65 for more than eight years, also owns the Oasis Summer Day Camp, which serves children from Winnetka and Highland Park. He holds both a bachelor of arts in psychology and a masters of education from DePaul University. “(Schamber) says that learning does not stop at the end of the day, and is often found tutoring his students, mentoring students from a previous year, or watching a student’s performance from the audience,” Golden Apple said in the news release. This year marked the 30th anniversary of the award, which grants recipients a $5,000 prize, the opportunity to take a spring sabbatical and study at Northwestern free of charge. “These teachers are shining examples of the dedication, perseverance, innovation and encouragement that empower students to grow and recognize their abilities to excel in life,” said Dominic Belmonte, president and CEO of Golden Apple, in the news release. — Marissa Page
said. Police charged the man with felony retail theft, for which a court date has not yet been set, officials said.
Tools stolen from apartment complex’s garage
Someone kicked open the door of a garage in a west Evanston apartment complex and stole a number of tools from inside, police said. A maintenance worker at the complex in the 2000 block of Brown Avenue told officers someone had burglarized the garage between 7 p.m. Monday and 6 a.m. Tuesday, Dugan said. The person took various power tools, including an electric hammer and an electric screwdriver, valued all together at around $400, police said. There are surveillance cameras on the property that officers have not yet reviewed, Dugan said. — Paige Leskin
City seeks theater companies for Howard Street property
Evanston requested Tuesday that theater companies submit their qualifications to be considered to operate out of a Howard Street property. Qualified companies are being asked to submit proposals to manage the property and its 80- to 120-seat theater that the city will construct and own, the city announced. “Adding performing arts to Evanston’s Howard Street border and bringing this theatre to life is a critical component of the City’s redevelopment efforts in the South Evanston community,” Ald. Ann Rainey (8th) said in a news release. “Live theatre is an important and logical ingredient to continue the vibrant growth of Evanston and Howard Street.” An adjacent property, 717 Howard St., will also be included after it’s torn down in late spring or early summer of this year, the city said. A focus group consisting of local performing arts representatives was created to discuss plans for the theater. At a City Council meeting Monday, Rainey said the focus group would interview all potential candidates for the theater space. Responses to the request for qualifications are due June 5. — Tori Latham
Setting the record straight “Letter to the Editor: SJP’s ‘Israeli Apartheid Week’ is slander,” which ran in Wednesday’s print edition, misspelled Bashar al-Assad’s name. “SJP simulates border check,” which ran in Wednesday’s print edition, misstated the age of the Israeli medical student. She is 21 years old. The Daily regrets the errors.
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On Campus Funds to aid low-income New ride-sharing app helps students with orientation connect traveling students By MARIANA ALFARO
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Northwestern Quest Scholars Network launched a campaign this week to fund scholarships that would help low-income students afford additional expenses during Wildcat Welcome this fall. As of Wednesday evening, the campaign has received $1,030 out of its $5,000 goal, according to its fundraising page on Catalyzer, a new Northwestern-sponsored fundraising site. The funds, NUQSN president Amanda Walsh said, will be used to give students of low-income backgrounds gift cards so that they will be able to participate in activities such as Night at Target and dinners with their Peer Adviser groups. “I didn’t expect to have many expenses during Wildcat Welcome,” said Jason Garcia, NUQSN’s co-social chair. “I figured we’d be doing a lot of programming … and that they’d be providing for these things, so when we would go out to dinner occasionally or do other things that required money out of my pocket, I wasn’t prepared for that.” This is the first year NUQSN will offer these scholarships to incoming students during Wildcat Welcome. Garcia, a Weinberg sophomore, said that the goal is to give a $50 Visa gift card to each incoming Quest Scholar. “My goal is to make (Wildcat Welcome) accessible to every single student,” said Walsh, a Communication junior. “Unfortunately that’s not really possible, so we’re hoping … we will be able to give these funds to all of the Quest Scholars.” She added that if the campaign exceeds its $5,000 goal, they will be able to give these “welcome packages” to “more than just Quest students.” Walsh has been working on the project with
Kourtney Cockrell, the director of Student Enrichment Services. The project came about after students over the last few years said they found it difficult to participate in activities outside the regular Wildcat Welcome programming that amounted to extra expenses, as well as being unable to afford residence hall essentials, Walsh said. Walsh said there’s a misperception on campus that every student is able to afford to go out to dinner with their PA groups and buy towels, pillows or room decorations. The funding, she said, will make it easier for low-income students to make the transition to campus without the awkwardness or the stress of not moving in with the same objects or goods that their peers have. “We’re looking to change that without forcing students to have to go to a faculty member or staff member saying, ‘Hey, I’m low-income and I need help with this,’” she said. “We’re trying to make it a process for students to feel comfortable saying that they’re low-income, but also if they’re not comfortable with that, that’s still totally OK.” Matthew Herndon, Associated Student Government’s vice president for accessibility and inclusion, said he agreed with Quest Scholars’ goals and added that campus overall should make NU more accessible for low-income students throughout the year. “I think it will help provide for some basic supplies that students need to get, maybe allow them to do a couple things during (Wildcat Welcome) with other students that they wouldn’t normally have the money for,” said Herndon, a SESP sophomore. “I think it’s a great fund for (Wildcat Welcome) specifically, but overall there’s still a lot of work to be done.” Marissa Page contributed reporting. marianaalfaro2018@u.northwestern.edu
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CabEasy, a ride-sharing app that recently launched at Northwestern, hopes to lower transportation costs for students by connecting them with other members of the university community going to the same destination. The smartphone application allows users to create a ride to one of the preset destinations, or join a ride that’s already been made. The cost of the cab decreases when more people join a ride. “The idea is to get people who are going in the same direction to say, ‘Okay, Person X who is from Northwestern is also going this direction. Why don’t we cut the cost of this cab ride in half or even more … and just do this together for 20 minutes and save some money and maybe have a pleasant conversation?’” said Eric Goldwyn, CabEasy’s director of planning and policy. The creator of the ride, or “pioneer,” calls a cab using Sidecar, a different ride-sharing app, once all riders have gathered at the departure location. Other riders will be asked to use the Venmo app to pay the pioneer through the CabEasy app. Because CabEasy is a closed network, only members of the NU community can join by signing up with their school-affiliated email. This way, riders won’t feel like they are riding with complete strangers, Goldwyn said. NU was a natural pick for CabEasy’s pilot program, co-founder Jonathan McKinney said. In 2013, he was approached by NU’s Associated Student Government for a transportation initiative. McKinney had created CabCorner in 2010, a ride-sharing app in New York designed to match residents looking to share taxis, and ASG asked McKinney to customize a similar platform for NU. “I built this pretty basic web-based platform for ride-sharing and found that over the course of the next few months, students were using the platform for mostly rides to the airport,” McKinney said.
“We found that to be a great harbinger of success in expanding the platform to potentially other schools.” However, there were technical issues with the software that slowed down CabEasy’s momentum. After ASG transitioned its members, the new students were not as eager to take up the transportation initiative. McKinney shut the project down — at least temporarily. In the summer 2014, McKinney was able to get a deal with Sidecar, a transportation network company that operates in Chicago. McKinney first decided to launch CabEasy at Northwestern “quietly” during NU’s spring break, getting some students to sign up and give feedback on what could be improved, such as the user-friendliness of the platform and the convenience of the preset pick-up locations. He said an official launch is set for later in Spring Quarter. “We’re ramping up a bit of messaging and looking to essentially be on campus towards the end of this month, early next month, to really do an outreach to get students to try and use CabEasy,” he said. McKinney added he is in the process of introducing the app to other universities. Weinberg freshman Natalie Ser, who uses Uber, said the app seems like a good idea. “I think I would use it, especially for long rides like going to the airport,” she said. “You see a lot of Facebook posts like, ‘Who’s going to O’Hare at 2 a.m. on a Tuesday?’ and I think it would be a little more efficient with the app.” Goldwyn said CabEasy is not trying to compete with other transportation services, such as Uber and Lyft. “We think that those are all great services and that students really like them, but they don’t organize sharing in the best way possible,” he said. “We feel that with CabEasy, since we’re only operating at university campuses, we are making the sharing experience as easy and accessible as possible.” kimberlygo2018@u.northwestern.edu
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LASTING LEGACY “Ty’s List” will have its world premiere at the Manhattan Film Festival this summer. The documentary was created by Northwestern alumni to share the legacy of their friend, who died in a boat accident in 2011.
By AMANDA SVACHULA
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The power of friendship and the courage to live life to the fullest are two themes explored in “Ty’s List,” a documentary created by Northwestern alumni premiering at this summer’s Manhattan Film Festival. Jesse Swedlund (Communication ‘13) and Ben Prawer (Communication ‘12) created the film to inspire viewers and share the legacy of their friend Tyler Lorenzi (McCormick ‘10), who died in a boat accident in 2011 at the age of 23. “I don’t know if he ever imagined that a documentary would be based on his life,” Swedlund said. “The film speaks to the way he lived and what kind of lifestyle that brings. He was a reflective person. And the film asks the viewer, ‘What are you doing to live life to the fullest?’” The film was chosen from thousands of nominations to be featured at the Manhattan
Film Festival. Swedlund and Roland Smith (Communication ‘11), the director of photography for the film, said they hope this will lead to entries into more film festivals and the ability for more people to see the film. “We would love to get some sort of distribution,” Smith said. “Not for some monetary return, but to find an opportunity to show it to as many people as possible. We want to make sure his spirit lives on and the movie is a great way to do that.” Swedlund was inspired to start the project in 2011 when, following Lorenzi’s death, he found an email that listed of Lorenzi’s favorite things to do in his hometown, San Francisco. Along with Prawer, the two decided to create a film based off of the list. The project was filmed in August 2012. Smith said the filming process was very spontaneous. The group followed around three people who were close to Lorenzi, as they complete parts of the two-page, single-spaced list. “We had this plan, but the whole point of this film became that there shouldn’t be a
plan,” Smith said. “There was this changing point where we just kind of did things and followed the participants around. That whole week out there we all felt something powerful when we were out there filming. As the week progressed, we saw some changes in ourselves.” Activities on the list ranged from a trip to Lorenzi’s favorite brunch spot to hiking up to Mount Tamalpais, also known as “Mount Tam.” “It has this amazing view over the Pacific Ocean of the sun setting if you go after the right time,” Swedlund said. “And you’re above the cloud line, you’ve got the sun setting. It’s an amazing place. It was one of his favorite places and half of his ashes are scattered there.” After filming, the documentary went through many series of edits until it was fully completed last year. There have been several small preliminary screenings of “Ty’s List,” including at NU, but the June 13 showing in New York City will be its world premiere. “It’s been our passion project for a long time now,” Swedlund said. “It’s so exciting that it’s
finally going to be out there.” Several fundraising campaigns helped fund the movie. Swedlund said support from the NU community has been very helpful throughout the process. “It’s a very Northwestern film,” Swedlund said. “When it came down to it, it was really funded by Northwestern alums. It was a giant help to have that network available to us.” Weinberg sophomore Emma Gordon interned for the film for two quarters during her freshman year. She said the film is something everyone, especially college students, should see. “I would say the movie is about making every day count and remembering, especially at Northwestern, just to have fun and do things that you enjoy because that’s what will matter at the end,” Gordon said. “It really emphasizes relationships and being happy. Especially at a college level, that’s something we need to hear.” amandasvachula2018@u.northwestern.edu
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Q&A: Claire Coffee, NU alum and ‘Grimm’ actress By RACHEL DAVISON
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Claire Coffee (Communication ‘02) started at Northwestern as a journalism student before switching to theater and hasn’t looked back since. After appearing in a wide array of television shows, including “The West Wing,” “Bones” and “Cold Case,” Coffee now stars as Adalind Schade on NBC’s “Grimm,” which airs its season four finale Friday. The Daily spoke to Coffee about “Grimm,” her time at NU and how her role corresponds to real life. What has been the most exciting part of filming season four? The most exciting piece of it is the episodes that have been airing recently toward the finale. Adalind’s character is changing so much toward the end of the season, and they’re really imbuing her with so much more humor, which I love playing, so it’s been great. How has it been to transition from a recurring character (in season one) to a regular, and now central lead character this season? It’s the best experience you could hope for. All you want when you get into the television acting world is you want a show. To get a steady gig where your character is always changing is such a privilege as an actor and to keep things fresh and being able to explore constantly. In the business you assume nothing’s ever getting picked up, you assume you’re getting
fired every moment … I was just grateful every week that I still have a job, the fact that it’s a great job that provides me with huge creative arcs and working with awesome people is sort of a dream. A major event of season four has been your pregnancy. What has the experience been like to have the story similar to your own situation with your own pregnancy? When I got pregnant in real life I told the writers and I told our creators before I even told my mom that I was pregnant because I know that I’d be pregnant for the entire season of the show. They were so supportive, but nowhere in my head did I think they would incorporate the pregnancy into the show. But they did, and they figured out a way to make it organic, and to make it cause great conflict for the characters and for my character. Were you always interested in TV acting? How did you transition from theater to television? Going to Northwestern, the theater program there, the greatest thing is that you have this acting class when you get to be working and workshopping with the same people for sophomore through senior year, and I was in Bud (Beyer)’s class. You get such an incredible breadth of information and preparation and also learning how to work with people and learning how to work on your own … The theater program at Northwestern expects so much of you and that has been so helpful out in the business … I had an agent in Chicago while I was at school and they introduced me to an agent in LA so I moved to LA because I
went out there for a pilot Winter Quarter. I’d finished my credits early and it was right after September 11 when I went back for my senior year, so it was a very strange time emotionally for everybody. I didn’t have a cushion financially after college and I thought, well if I’m working out there already I’m going to give this thing a go … The business of it is obviously so different, but I think it’s about the ability to prepare and the ability to stay focused and the ability to work hard. It wasn’t like TV was what I was targeting, I just wanted to continue to work and if I could pay my bills doing so, then all the better. That was the first thing out in LA and I kept riding that. At this point in your career what did you take away the most from your time and education at Northwestern? The competitiveness is a really positive form of competition … You’re competitive with yourself and you want to work as hard as the next person and when the next person is working really hard it’s incredibly motivating. If you have an idea, (NU) has a place where you can foster that idea. In the movie and television business, that’s how this business operates, especially now the business is very hungry for ideas … Ambition is crucial out here and also just confidence and knowing that there’s a place for you somewhere. As of now, what’s next? For season five, we start shooting in a little over a month. At least for the next year I know what I’m doing and then beyond that, we always wait for the
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NU’S OWN Claire Coffee stars on NBC’s “Grimm,” which airs its season finale on Friday. Coffee graduated from the School of Communication in 2002.
pickup, but we heard pretty early this year, which is really nice. We luckily have a really consistent, loyal fan base so hopefully we’ll be sticking around for at least a couple more years. racheldavison2018@u.northwestern.edu
Applause for a Cause premieres film about moving on By KIMBERLY GO
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ON MY OWN Applause for a Cause will premiere its film, “New Playlist,” this weekend. All proceeds will benefit non-profit organization Connections for Abused Women and their Children.
Applause for a Cause, a NU student production company, is continuing to “make a reel difference” with the premiere of its comedy film “New Playlist.” All proceeds collected from the Saturday and Sunday evening showings will go to the non-profit organization Connections for Abused Women and their Children. “New Playlist” is about a girl named Charlie who, after breaking up with her rockstar boyfriend, moves from Chicago back to her hometown suburb to try and find her way in life. School of Communication junior Summer Benowitz wrote the script for the story last year after she went through a personal break-up. “I was writing about just the feeling of loneliness and doom that I felt after pulling away from somebody I had known for two years and had gotten really close to,” she said. Caroline Henry, who plays the main character, Charlie, said “New Playlist” is not a “dramatic exploration of existence,” but rather a reflection of how our current culture functions. “A lot of us hide behind these walls of sarcasm with our friends and family about real things that are underlying them,” the Communication senior said. “(Benowitz) writes in a casual tone which is really true to contemporary discourse, but it gets at some really poignant decisions that people actually make nowadays.” Directors and producers from Applause started preparing for the film last May, said Communication sophomore and co-producer Yvonne Zhang. She and the rest of the creative team started collecting scripts over the summer and by August had picked “New Playlist” as their choice. During Fall Quarter, they began pre-production.
Benowitz, who is also a co-writer for NU Channel 1’s “Ghouls,” started workshopping her script, developing the story arc and hitting some of the comedic beats harder. “I think it’s a relatable story,” Benowitz said. “I think that I wrote it with our age in mind, maybe a little older, about the struggles that we’re going through — trying to find jobs, trying to figure out our relationships — and that’s important.” Henry said her character, Charlie, re-evaluates her life after her break-up. “She spends a lot of time kind of shaping her life around men,” she said. “Once all of that is sort of lifted out from underneath her, she feels like maybe this life isn’t really what she wanted. And then (she starts) navigating how to start over and find herself.” Co-director Irene Jiang said her favorite scene in the movie is the dream sequence, which is where all the various men in Charlie’s life come to her and tell her all of her insecurities. “I think it’s where we were allowed the most creativity in terms of choosing shots and making things as interesting as we wanted to,” the Communication sophomore said. The team, which consists of around 50 people, filmed the movie for thirteen 20-hour weekends, Jiang said. “It was really difficult being consistent and consistently having things in place every weekend,” she said. “For a project like this, everything just comes at you so fast that you just sort of have to face everything as it comes.” However, Jiang said that there isn’t anything else like Applause at NU. “It’s the only feature-length film that students make, students act in and students produce,” she said. “Students do everything for it, so it’ll be great to see a year’s worth of hard work come to fruition.” kimberlygo2018@u.northwestern.edu
Can’t-miss Chicago events
As the end of the year approaches, now is the prime time to venture outside of Evanston’s city limits and visit Chicago. The Daily compiled this list of downtown spring and early summer events. Read them, choose your own adventure and have fun! Mayfest 2015 | May 15-17 | 3100 N Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60657 | $7.50 Single Admission Pass or $10 at the gate Mayfest is a three-day festival featuring great music and delicious food. The event will feature the following bands: Hairbanger’s Ball, Smells Like Nirvana, Too White Crew, Wedding Banned, Infinity, Suburban Cowboys, Rod Tuffcurls, 7th heaven, Mr. Blotto and A Bloke Named Smokey. Chicago’s Memorial Day Parade | May 23 | State Street from Lake Street to Van Buren, Chicago IL, 60602 | free Gather in downtown Chicago to honor the men and women who died for our country. The Wreath Laying Ceremony will begin at 11 a.m. at Dearborn Street and Washington Street and the parade will begin at noon and head south on State Street.
Navy Pier Summer Fireworks | May 23-Sept. 5 on Wednesdays and Saturdays | free Visit Chicago’s Navy Pier to view fireworks over Lake Michigan. The twice-a-week show goes on all summer and is the perfect finale to a day in the city. Belmont-Sheffield Music Festival | May 23-24 | North Sheffield from Belmont to Roscoe | free Located just a few steps from the Belmont Chicago Transit Authority stop on the Red Line, the Belmont-Sheffield Music Festival will kick off its outdoor summer music lineup in Chicago’s Lakeview neighborhood. The festival will feature 10 bands, arts and crafts, and fashion, and donations will benefit the Central Lakeview Merchants Association. Millennium Art Festival | May 29-31 | Located two blocks north of Millennium Park | free The Millennium Art Festival will showcase a wide array of paintings, ceramics, photography
and furniture in downtown Chicago. It will showcase the talents of hundreds of artists and live performances. Chicago Gospel Music Festival | May 29-31 | Millennium Park | free The 30th Chicago Gospel Music Festival will showcase the best in gospel with performers from around the world. The event will kick off with multiple preview events. Pilsen Food Truck Fest | June 6-7 | 18th Street between Racine and Throop in Chicago’s Pilsen Neighborhood | free The Pilsen Food Truck Social will feature more than 40 food trucks in its new neighborhood street fest. Located in Chicago’s Lower West Side, the festival will offer mobile meals, snacks and treats. There will be live music and a portion of the proceeds will benefit soup kitchens and food banks.
Remix Chicago Recycled Art Fair | June 6-7 | Logan Square on Milwaukee Ave. | free Logan Square’s Recycled Art Fair features live music from indie bands and celebrates the art of reusing and recycling to create incredible things. There will be free workshops, food and art for sale. Ribfest Chicago | June 12-14 | Irving Park | free Ribfest Chicago will feature music and barbecue. Chicago Blues Festival | June 12-14 | Grant Park | free Buddy Guy will headline this event, which is known as one of the largest free blues festival in the world. The Chicago Blues Festival will premiere music from more than a dozen impressive performers. — Helen Lee
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Arts Alliance produces show on ‘The Who’ album By Benjamin Din
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Arts Alliance will debut one of the largest productions in Student Theater Coalition history with “The Who’s Tommy,” which opens Thursday for a threeday run at Norris University Center. The rock musical, which is based on the 1969 The Who album, “Tommy,” is the Spring Quarter mainstage production for Arts Alliance. The group is also using the performance as an opportunity to make theater more accessible, with a special performance involving Northwestern’s American Sign Language Club. In the original production, the main character, Tommy, is portrayed by three different actors who play the child, preadolescent and adult versions of Tommy. However, this “Tommy” will be different from most iterations of the 1992 musical, with the traditionally male role played by three female actors. Hannah Fisher, the director of the musical, said it was necessary to change the genders of multiple male characters to female, citing the large amount of female actors compared to male actors at NU. “We had a lot of payoff on those risks, because they all sound really awesome,” the Communication senior said. “It’s a story that makes a lot of sense from the gender perspective as well.” The production, which will include a seven-piece band, explores Tommy’s life after she witnesses her father shoot her mother’s lover in front of her. After the traumatic event, Tommy internalizes what she saw and chooses to not speak or be responsive to those around her. “In the end, Tommy has to realize that the only person she can rely on is herself,” said Maggie Monahan, a Communication sophomore, who will portray
the adult version of Tommy. For the NU production, two things separate “Tommy” from other shows: the size of the production and a special performance of the show involving the ASL Club. The production will be one of the largest in StuCo history, producer Claire Huntington said. Monahan, Huntington and Fisher all agreed the set design was spectacular. “Everything you see in that room is something that hasn’t really happened in StuCo before, in student theater,” Huntington said. “The projections are like no other. The set is bigger than most sets are. The stairs are the tallest in StuCo history. It’s a big show, and my designers have a lot to be proud of.” The Friday showing at 7:30 p.m. will take place in Norris’ Louis Room and feature members of the ASL Club interpreting Tommy’s story for people who are hard of hearing. “It’s going to be a really interesting and particularly poignant story for people who are experiencing life internally primarily, because that’s what Tommy has to do,” Monahan said. The involvement of the ASL Club members is a part of Arts Alliance’s mission to make art accessible to a larger audience. “Historically, lots of people have been shut out of artistic spaces for a variety of reasons,” said Talia Weingarten, co-chair of Arts Alliance. “We’re seeking to disrupt that pattern and really insist on the fact that art is not a luxury, it’s a necessity.” In a similar vein, Arts Alliance will host an event titled “A Panel on Accessibility in the Arts,” on May 23, which will feature five theater professionals who have been committed to increasing accessibility in the arts and will be moderated by theater Prof. Michael Rohd. Although Arts Alliance has tried in the past to make art more accessible by producing more wellknown titles, Weingarten said the organization wasn’t
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art for all Actors rehearse for “The Who’s Tommy,” which will be one of the largest theater productions in Student Theater Coalition history. The show will include one performance with American sign language interpretation.
addressing communities that traditionally aren’t able to enjoy art. “We realized we were not doing anything around making those spaces welcoming to people with disabilities, people with lower-income statuses, things like that,” the Communication junior said. “We decided to start tackling specific facets of accessibility rather than going about it in a broader way.” For Fisher, “Tommy” is a venture that she wouldn’t normally do. The director has mainly focused on smaller productions and plays, instead of musicals. However, she said she connected with the music in the show and wanted to challenge herself. “The lovely thing about ‘Tommy’ is that it’s a rock
musical, and the music is something I grew up with, like an album that my sisters played for me,” Fisher said. Fisher said the show explores conformity, especially in Tommy’s character. “The big takeaway is that you have to be faithful to yourself, even if yourself is something that changes over time,” she said. Monahan, who has worked with Fisher in the past, said the role of Tommy is her “dream role for this season.” “I’m just really excited to share this story with the campus,” Monahan said. “Tommy’s ready to fly.” benjamindin@u.northwestern.edu
Senior dance majors showcase choreography, new work
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Closing time Performers rehearse for this weekend’s performance of the senior dance show. The show will feature a new piece choreographed by visiting professor Corinne Imberski.
By Rachel Holtzman
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For the first — most likely last — time, this year’s three senior dance majors will dance together onstage at Northwestern. The trio will exhibit their best choreography and performances this weekend at CROSSROADS, this year’s senior dance concert, which also features the world premiere of a piece choreographed by visiting professor Corinne Imberski.
The showcase, which serves as the senior capstones for Communication seniors Hillary Aarons, Jacinda Ratcliffe and Katherine Scott, features seven choreographed pieces. Each student choreographed two pieces, three of which are rewrites of original pieces that have premiered throughout the school year. The three seniors will also dance together in a final piece choreographed by visiting professor Corinne Imberski. The piece, called “how to exit gracefully,” highlights their experiences as dancers and students as they prepare to leave Northwestern. “I wanted to create a piece that really highlighted
… those conflicted feelings when you’re taking leave of a place you love, but you need to move on, as well as how we can make a lasting impression,” Imberski said. Imberski said that the piece is definitely modern, but pulls from many different kinds of training and movement vocabulary she’s studied and developed over time. The piece is diverse, allowing for each student to dance in her style, while still showing how well they work together and “how much compassion they show to each other,” she said. The three dancers start the piece all in their own worlds, and then their paths eventually converge. Using elements of modern dance, gestural movement and partner work, the dancers come together, with moves that are full-bodied and dynamic, Aarons said. “The movement itself is very breathy,” Scott said, “and it’s this idea that we get swept up, but know we have a core foundation of having each other.” Ratcliffe and Scott said this is the first piece in which all three of them have danced together. “The show’s really special because it really is the culmination of what has been an incredible four years in the program, and especially for the three of us,” Ratcliffe said. “We’re friends, but we’ve also collaborated with each other before and been in many artistic processes together. It celebrates each of our individual journeys.” Through rehearsals and collaboration, Imberski and the students were able to infuse their own insights into the piece’s partner work, just as they
did with the rest of the show. Imberski said a lot of the partnering movement was created on the spot so that the dancers could go with the natural flow of the choreography. In both Imberski’s work and their own choreographed pieces, the students said they were able to showcase their individual talents. “We’ve spent four years exploring ourselves as performers and choreographers, and you can see the distinct voices in all of us,” Ratcliffe said. “It ranges from gestural movement to more abstract movement to super theatrical stuff. There’s a huge range that feels very specific to each of our personalities.” The performers said the entire Senior Dance Concert is heavily based in modern dance, but the pieces each student choreographed are influenced by their styles, from Aarons’ use of gestural movement and dance comedy, to Ratcliffe’s preference for using physicality and athletics to create emotional drama, to Scott’s love of theatrical and abstract styles. All three dancers said the NU dance faculty had a positive influence on their performances and experiences over the years. Aarons said most of what she’s taken away from the show has been a celebration of what she’s learned from the dance faculty and community on campus. “For me,” she said, “it’s as much of a celebration of what I created as it is what the community has allowed for me to create and collaborated with me on.” rachelholtzman2018@u.northwestern.edu
CALENDAR thursday Mayfest Presents: Battle of the DJs at 10:30 p.m. in La Macchina Cafe A&O Films Present: “The Shining” at 7 p.m. in Block Museum of Art
friday KASA Show 2015: KA-SAUNA at 8:30 p.m. in Ryan Auditorium Treblemakers Present: How I Met Your Mother Season 10 at 11 p.m. in McCormick Tribune Center “In the Next Room, or the Vibrator Play” at 7:30 p.m. in Josephine Louis Theater Symphonic Wind Ensemble and University Chorale at 7:30 p.m. in Pick-Staiger Concert Hall
saturday Philfest at 1 p.m. on Norris East Lawn Treblemakers Present: How I Met Your Mother Season 10 at 7:30 p.m. and 10 p.m. in McCormick Tribune Center Applause Presents “New Playlist” Film Premiere at 7 p.m. and 10 p.m. in McCormick Auditorium Deeva Dance Troupe Presents: So You Think You Can Deeva at 8 p.m. in Ryan Auditorium Imagine U: “The Reluctant Dragon” at 2 p.m. in Hal and Martha Hyer Wallis Theater Northwestern University Symphony Orchestra: American Explorer at 7:30 p.m. in Pick-Staiger Concert Hall “In the Next Room, or the Vibrator Play” at 7:30 p.m. in Josephine Louis Theater
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Applause Presents “New Playlist” Film Premiere at 7 p.m. in McCormick Auditorium Concert Band at 3 p.m. in Pick-Staiger Concert Hall Imagine U: “The Reluctant Dragon” at 2 p.m. and 5 p.m. in Hal and Martha Hyer Wallis Theater Alice Millar Spring Festival Concert at 5 p.m. in Alice Millar Chapel “In the Next Room, or the Vibrator Play” at 2 p.m. in Josephine Louis Theater
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Asian American Studies still contentious after 20 years
On Thursday afternoon, Asian American Studies Program students discovered that someone had torn down the 6-foot banner advertising AASP’s 20th anniversary event held in commemoration of the hunger strike that led to the program’s establishment. The next day, it was missing completely. AASP reserved the space all week as per University policy, and when contacted, several Norris staff members could not locate the banner. The grommets holding the twine were torn from the canvas, while other banners made of less sturdy material remained intact. Incidentally, the other materials up near The Arch were advertisements for other Asian and Asian-American student groups. The message is clear: Asian-Americans can have our ethnic dances and performances, but we don’t get to be political. In the dominant discourses of race in
America, Asian-Americans straddle the line between white and black, forced to choose between resistance or the fragile refuge of non-blackness. Only it’s not really a choice. For all of our talk about multiculturalism and diversity, conversations on race remain inflexibly binary. We’re only considered minorities when the topic of affirmative action rolls around, and then we’re shoved back into invisibility until the next time we can be trotted out as a political point against other ethnic groups. That’s why it’s so jarring when AsianAmerican students challenge the narratives imposed upon them, when they denounce the insidious racism and white supremacy that pervades this campus, when they refuse the conditional privilege of honorary whiteness and instead join in solidarity with their other brothers and sisters and non-binary siblings of color. Perhaps this is why our glaring 6-foot symbol of Asian-American student resistance was torn down. It’s worth noting this isn’t the first instance of vigilante censorship at this University. In December, when Students for Justice in Palestine put up a banner detailing the forced displacement of Palestinians by the state of Israel, it was stolen overnight. These instances are not unrelated. They
PAGE 8 speak to the continued silencing of counternarratives that occur on this campus. Asian-American students were not the only ones who participated in the hunger strike 20 years ago. They did so in coalition with other allies and communities of color. Likewise, as Asian-American students, our struggle is not only for Asian American Studies: It is for Native American Studies, for Queer Studies, for Disability Studies and for any initiatives that bolster and sustain marginalized voices. Asian-American racial identities are extraordinarily complex, yet we have few opportunities in the University to talk about them meaningfully. The history and experiences of Americans taught in most Northwestern courses are not ours. We will no longer settle for sheepishly asking, “But what about Asian Americans?” during that one week in class designated for us to take off our collective blinders and acknowledge that race exists. NU administrators have responded to the Asian American Studies Program with a combination of active disdain, apathetic disinterest and purely symbolic recognition. AASP invited upward of a dozen administrators to the 20th Anniversary event and only one attended. Well, admins, we are holding
you accountable. I implore you, for once, to fight with us. Fight for the creation of an Asian American Studies major. To my fellow students, I would like to relay an insight from one of my AASP professors. AASP only exists because of students who were willing to put their lives and bodies on the line for a cause they wholeheartedly believed in. NU administration resisted the establishment of AASP and never fully welcomed it. Even now, ethnic studies programs and departments are denied the resources they need to develop and are used merely as public relation tools in the dialogue surrounding diversity: meant to be seen, not heard. But NU leaders seem to forget that students are the largest stakeholders in the University. We don’t pay a quarter of a million dollars to passively consume knowledge. We must consider how we, as students, can critically engage with and transform the structures of knowledge we participate in, to question the insidiousness of the structures that render 20 percent of the undergraduate population invisible. On a campus with no place for us, we have to create our own. — Christine Nguyen, Medill ‘15 and former Daily staffer
Our urban mothers and Don’t forget the value of foreign language in college infants deserve better PIA BASU
Daily columnist
Last week, Save the Children ranked the United States 33rd on its 2015 Mother’s Index, an annual list of 179 countries and how they compare in terms of maternal health. The factors taken into consideration for the rankings are: the risk of maternal death over a woman’s lifetime; the wellbeing of her child measured by the underfive mortality rate; expected years of formal education; economic status measured by GNP per capita; and female political participation. Overall, the report focuses on the plight of urban mothers, with Norway placing at the top of the list and Somalia at the bottom. There is absolutely The report found that no reason why U.S. women children fortunate have a 1 in 1800 chance enough to be of dying as born in one of the a result of wealthiest and most childbirth — developed countries worst out of all the fully in the world should industrialized countries — suffer from health and are more problems. than 10 times as likely to die of pregnancy complications as mothers in Poland, Belarus or Austria. The fact that the United States comes last out of all developed countries is shocking, and there is no doubt that our nation has much to improve on when it comes to maternal health. But looking further into the statistics, there is a significant discrepancy between the experiences of mothers with lower socioeconomic statuses and those of more affluent background. The Save the Children report provides a striking example of this. “Washington, DC had the highest infant mortality rate at 6.6 deaths per 1,000 live births in 2013,” the report says. “Babies in Ward 8, where over half of all children live in poverty, are about 10 times as likely as babies in Ward 3, the richest part of the city, to die before their first birthday.” Recognizing and addressing the struggles of women and new mothers in urban lower income neighborhoods is much more important than fixating on our country’s general ranking of 33rd place. There has been some attention brought to the plight of people trying to live amidst poverty and
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violence in U.S. cities. As a result of these severe urban inequalities, there are places in the United States where the quality of life, especially for new mothers and their infants, is lower than or equivalent to the quality of life in developing nations. Two Baltimore neighborhoods, Little Italy and Canton — only a seven-minute car ride apart — could not be more different in terms of child mortality. A baby in Little Italy is 10 times more likely to die before the age of 1 than a baby from Canton is. In 2013, 2 percent of babies from Little Italy and Greenmount East died before the age of 1 — a higher rate than those of Honduras, Venezuela or the West Bank. A person who lives in the upscale Baltimore neighborhood of Roland Park has a life expectancy of 84 years, whereas a person living in Seton Hill, one of Baltimore’s poorest neighborhoods, can be expected to die 19 years earlier at 65. The Washington Post’s Christopher Ingraham found that in 15 Baltimore neighborhoods, residents can expect to live shorter lives than they would living under the repressive North Korean regime. Municipal governments should seriously consider addressing these issues, so as to not perpetuate the trend of new mothers and their infants in lower and higher income parts of the city living increasingly disparate lives. The infant mortality in these lower income neighborhoods doesn’t occur immediately after birth, but rather in the weeks after coming home from the hospital, when lower income babies have less access to quality healthcare. In Europe, regular postnatal visits from nurses is the norm. The Affordable Care Act made some provisions for postnatal home visits, but local governments should enforce this policy — even if it comes as a cost — and make new mothers and babies a priority. More targeted funding toward programs that educate new mothers and allow them access to adequate prenatal care is vital. There is absolutely no reason why children fortunate enough to be born in one of the wealthiest and most developed countries in the world should suffer from health problems and not live to their first birthday, simply because of the neighborhood and socioeconomic circumstances they were born into. As American political discourse increasingly focuses on urban poverty, our local governments should consider its impact on our nation’s most vulnerable. Pia Basu is a Medill freshman. She can be reached at piabasu2018@u.northwestern.edu. If you would like to respond publicly to this column, send a Letter to the Editor to opinion@dailynorthwestern.com.
mATT GATES
Daily columnist
Although 93 percent of U.S. high schools offer a foreign language and NU admissions includes foreign languages among topics in which students should have a “solid background,” once students arrive at NU, many stop taking foreign language classes and may lose much of what they have learned. Personally, I have found it difficult to fit into my schedule classes in the language I studied in high school, but I want to avoid losing what I learned before college. I have known many other students who complain their foreign language abilities have waned since high school, as they felt compelled to shift their focus to majors, minors, extracurricular activities, internships and jobs. While there are many endeavors to take on in college, continuing or starting to study a foreign language is worth keeping in the mix. Learning a second language provides numerous overarching benefits to all areas of life. There are roughly 6,700 spoken languages in the world today, so even knowing just one more allows a person to communicate directly with more of the global population and connect better to other cultures. Learning a foreign language is likely to improve a person’s experience, allowing him or her to study or travel abroad. Secondary language acquisition is thought to result in many cognitive benefits, including improved memory and problem solving skills. It might even improve students’ understanding of English by making them focus on the mechanics of language. Foreign language skills also have professional advantages to consider. NU’s culture
often includes a pressure to double major or add minors and certificates. This may drive students away from studying abroad or taking a few foreign language courses that do not count towards a concentration. However, in an increasingly globalized economy, it is worth remembering that knowledge of another language can be useful in attaining employment, including in business. This is particularly relevant to the NU student body, much of which plans to seek employment in the business world. Although many courses provide knowledge that is useful in multiple While there fields, a foreign are many language is one example of a endeavors to skill that transtake on in college, fers across many careers. While continuing or some college stustarting to study a dents know what foreign language is career they are going to pursue worth keeping in after graduation, the mix. many do not or will change their minds. Even medical schools seek doctors that have coursework in languages like Spanish on top of the required barrage of physical sciences and math. Obviously not all students can fit a foreign language into their college schedule. That being said, even as life gets busier in college, foreign language skills gained in high school are worth trying to maintain.
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Matt Gates is a Weinberg sophomore. He can be reached at matthewgates2017@u.northwestern.edu. If you would like to respond publicly to this column, send a Letter to the Editor to opinion@dailynorthwestern.com.
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children and after Pope Francis used investigative commissions. Wills emphasized Francis’ condemnation would do little to bring about an overhaul of this part of the “Church’s culture.” “Let’s imagine that he could, by his own decree, make up what the bishops covered up,” Wills said. “That is pretty much like saying we are going to make up as Americans over slavery … We can’t make up for slavery … The same is true of the abuse of children.” Although Wills said the Church’s culture is deeply conservative and quiet, he added that the cultural fabric of its constituents is rapidly changing. Lesley Williams, the head of adult services at EPL, considered Wills’ discussion of a collective consciousness among Catholics to be the main theme of his talk. “This was very topical,” Williams said. “Even if you’re not Catholic, even if you’re not Christian, these things affect all of us, because people were saying ‘what about climate change, what about sexual abuse,’ and these issues affect everyone.” McCormick senior Jonathan Li said he was most interested in how the overall theme of Wills’ lecture applied to his own Catholic identity. “I am Catholic, and I’ve been disillusioned by the Church because of these scandals that have happened,” said Li, a former Daily staffer. “Wills was really bold in also saying, ‘I am Catholic,’ and calling out this traditional fallacy that the Church can do no wrong.”
allocates to student groups and itself. Students will pay $58 for the fee per quarter next year. Almost half of the $80,000 budget will go back to students through stipends, grants and awards. These include the Student Engagement Stipend, which allows selected students $500 each to increase time in extracurriculars, and the Student Events Stipend, which will give selected students about $30 each per quarter to cover costs for oncampus events. A new item in the budget is $4,000 for a campus-wide mental health campaign. The project, inspired in part by ASG’s Take Time campaign, will work to encourage students to find time for relaxing and taking a break from school work. Harlow worked with Roldan in leading much of ASG’s mental health efforts over the past year. Harlow told The Daily that students often view downtime as time that could be spent on school work, a mindset that can hurt their mental health. “A lot of students think a lot about that opportunity cost,” he said, “and we want to make it clear that you don’t have to be busy all the time.” According to the budget, the authors hope the University will pay for the campaign and make the $4,000 allocation unnecessary, but decided to include it in the budget just in case. More than a quarter of the budget will go into the expanded Wild Ideas Fund. The Wild Ideas Committee will allocate $22,550 to students and student groups, pending Senate approval if the request exceeds $500. And in the second themed Senate of Star’s tenure, some senators observed “purple pride” day. Star told The Daily themed senates are designed to remind senators who they represent. “When I came on as a freshman, I was told you needed to wear a suit to Senate,” he said. “But Senate is made up of student representatives, and these themes make it easier for students to not get lost in being overly professional, to not leave their student attitudes at the door.” Star said next week’s theme is “sports.”
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Adams and (Telles-Irvin) to brand it as a medical amnesty policy, because if they brand it as Responsible Action Protocol again, it’s going to be very confusing for students,” Naughton said. “We wanted to start the catalyst of really just awareness about the difference between the two policies.” Naughton added SSDP is organizing a demonstration for later this month in which students will gather outside Telles-Irvin’s office to call for an “all-inclusive medical amnesty policy.” tylerpager2017@u.northwestern.edu
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Northwestern to face Virginia Tech in Big Ten/ACC Challenge
Northwestern will play at Virginia Tech next season, marking the first time ever the two schools will meet on the court. The game will take place on Dec. 1 as part of the annual Big Ten/ACC Challenge, the conferences announced Wednesday. The series pits the 14 member institutions of each conference against each other over
three days. In 2014, the Big Ten emerged victorious with eight wins. The Wildcats and Hokies each narrowly lost their matchups against Georgia Tech and Penn State, respectively. The game will be somewhat of a homecoming for NU graduate transfer Joey Van Zegeren, who left Virginia Tech in January after being suspended four games due to a practice incident. The Hokies struggled last season, limping to an 11-22 mark under firstyear coach Buzz Williams. — Bobby Pillote
Lasota, Nesselbush earn regional honors, head to Maryland
Northwestern had two players recognized as All-West/Midwest Regional Team performers by the Intercollegiate Women’s Lacrosse Coaches Association. Freshman attacker Selena Lasota and sophomore midfielder Sheila Nesselbush earned first and second team honors, respectively. The duo was also named to the inaugural All-Big Ten Team this season.
Lasota, the Big Ten Freshman of the Year, tallied a team-high 62 goals for the Wildcats this season to go along with her nine assists. Nesselbush was second on the team with 60 draw controls won and was fourth on the team in goals with 21. The two will lead NU as it goes on the road Sunday to take on Maryland in the NCAA Tournament. When the Cats took on the Terrapins earlier this season, Lasota had 3 goals and one assist and Nesselbush added a goal of her own in the 16-5 loss. — Khadrice Rollins
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Dylan Wu heads to NCAA New Haven Regional Tournament
Freshman Dylan Wu is going to Connecticut to take part in the NCAA New Haven Regional as an individual. Wu was the first alternate for the site, and when St. John’s senior Dylan Crowley withdrew from the tournament because of a scheduling conflict with a U.S. Open Local Qualifier, Wu got his spot.
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easy buckets Junior center Alex Olah goes up for a layup. The Wildcats will be hitting the road for the Big Ten/ACC Challenge next season, as they play Virginia Tech.
Facebook has launched Instant Articles, enabling media outlets to publish their stories directly to the social network. Nine big news publishers, including the New York Times, BuzzFeed and National Geographic, have signed on as launch partners. After months of rumors, Facebook began hosting their news articles on its iPhone app on Wednesday. “As more people get their news on mobile devices, we want to make the experience faster and richer on Facebook,” product manager Michael Reckhow said. It’s a bit of an uneasy arrangement, with news outlets handing over some control to the Menlo Park, Calif., tech giant. In return, the publishers hope to grow their readership and reach by increasing their presence on the world’s biggest social network. “We’re participating in Instant Articles to explore ways of growing the number of Times users on Facebook, improving their experience of our journalism and deepening their engagement,” said Mark Thompson, chief executive of the New York Times Co.
The tournament is taking place from Thursday through Saturday at The Course at Yale. Wu is competing against four others in the individual tournament, and the golfer with the lowest score after 54 holes will advance to the finals. In his first year as a Wildcat, Wu had a team best 72.53 average per round. He also won the Gifford Collegiate, thanks to his rounds of 69, 68 and 67 during that weekend. The 9-under par that he shot at the Gifford was his best score in a tournament this year. — Khadrice Rollins
Facebook maintains that the platform was designed to keep publishers in charge of their content, brand experience and money-making opportunities. The company said Instant Articles uses the same technology used to display photos and videos quickly in the Facebook app, so articles load instantly, “as much as 10 times faster than the standard mobile web.” Instant Articles also includes a suite of interactive features. Readers can zoom in and explore high-resolution photos by tilting their phones, watch auto-play videos as they scroll through stories, explore interactive maps, listen to audio captions, and like and comment on individual parts of an article. The other launch partners are NBC, the Atlantic, the Guardian, BBC News, Spiegel and Bild. Also this week, Facebook announced that it was boosting benefits for its contractors and vendors in the U.S. The benefits include a $15 minimum wage, minimum 15 paid days off for holidays, sick time and vacation, and for workers who don’t receive paid parental leave, a $4,000 new child benefit for new parents. — Andrea Chang (Los Angeles Times/TNS)
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Junior outfielder Jack Mitchell may not have blonde hair or a deep tan, but his laid-back personality fits the California stereotype well. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Nothing really ever changes with him,â&#x20AC;? junior pitcher Reed Mason said about his teammate and childhood friend. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a real even-keeled guy. â&#x20AC;Ś He doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t get too big of a head about anything.â&#x20AC;? That attitude is one reason Mitchell is at peace knowing his greatest athletic accomplishment is most likely behind him. The San Diego native played the hero as a walk-on kicker in Northwestern footballâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s historic upset of Notre Dame in November, driving a game-tying field goal through the uprights at the end of regulation and a game-winning one in overtime. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think I probably peaked in my athletic career at that moment,â&#x20AC;? Mitchell said. Baseball coach Paul Stevens, who watched the victory live on television, was elated seeing one of his own players succeed. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll live forever. I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know if thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s anything in sports that could be more electric than what he did there,â&#x20AC;? Stevens said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I basically turned to some people and said, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Boy, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m glad heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s kicking the ball around so well here tonight, so that when he gets to baseball he wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t kick any more balls around.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;? Although Mitchell has avoided booting balls in the outfield, he has overall not seen much success in his junior season. After spending an early chunk of the season banged up, he has recently been hitting better. Still, while he is fourth on the team in walks, his .227 batting average leaves much to be desired. Even though Stevens acknowledges that football takes away time from when Mitchell could be working on his baseball game, the
coach admires his playerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s athletic passions. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s nothing easy in his life. I respect the intestinal fortitude that he brings to the table,â&#x20AC;? Stevens said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When he comes back in the fall, he does what he has to do in football. And he does what he can when he has time to do it with us.â&#x20AC;? Mason also recognizes the work Mitchell puts in to be a two-sport athlete. The pitcher pointed out that, although Mitchell has a relaxed nature, the outfielder has another, more driven side. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s as hard on himself as anybody Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been around,â&#x20AC;? Mason said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He works his ass off, which is why heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been able to be successful in sports at the collegiate level as a Division I athlete.â&#x20AC;? In playing both a revenue sport such as football and a less popular sport such as baseball, Mitchell has seen two sides of the college athletics. While football may seem like the harder sport because of the spotlight attached to it, Mitchell commented on the difficulties of baseballâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s arduous travel schedule. NU spent the first 10 weeks this season on the road. Another large difference between the two sports is the attention they each attract. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You get upwards of 50,000 people in a football stadium,â&#x20AC;? Mitchell said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;At least at our (baseball) park, thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s probably 200 or so.â&#x20AC;? NUâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s smallest home crowd at a football game last season was easily above 30,000. Mitchell played in front of more than 100,000 fans at Penn State, and 80,795 people watched him shock the nationally ranked Fighting Irish. Mitchell was quiet when asked if any moment could ever match the jubilation he experienced in South Bend. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t even imagine,â&#x20AC;? Mitchell said, before trailing off. Mitchell has played the hero on the baseball diamond as well. Last season, he was called in to pinch hit
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CLUTCH KICKING Junior kicker Jack Mitchell steps up to boot the game-winning field goal in NUâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s upset win at Notre Dame last season. Mitchell has aided the Cats on the football field and on the baseball diamond.
in the bottom of the ninth inning against Chicago State and hit a game-winning single. But Mitchell said that moment does not come close to his Notre Dame experience, and nothing in
Baseball
his athletic career likely will. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s nothing like it is in football, especially at Notre Dame on a huge stage in a historic stadium,â&#x20AC;? Mitchell said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s euphoria. Absolutely. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve never felt that before.â&#x20AC;?
Whether in front of thousands on the gridiron or hundreds on the diamond, he doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t expect to feel it again.
Wildcats welcome Maryland for final series of season
Scott Heelan, shortstop Cody Stevens and centerfielder Kyle Ruchim. Ruchim, who has not played yet this month due to an oblique injury, leads the Cats this year in batting average, slugging percentage, on-base percentage and runs scored. Heelan is doing his part to help the offense, sitting in second in batting average and leading the Cats in hits. Stevens, the coachâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s son, is fifth on the team in hits and doubles. NU has struggled all season, but especially since Ruchimâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s injury. The Cats have dropped six of their last eight, including four of their last five at home. NU will try to finish off the season on a high note against a tough Maryland squad that currently sits in a tie for third in the Big Ten. The Terrapins have been generally strong away from home as well, posting a 13-7 road record. The series will be more than just about goodbyes for the Cats â&#x20AC;&#x201D; It will also be the first meeting ever on the baseball diamond between NU and Maryland.
Maryland vs. Northwestern Evanston, Illinois 3 p.m. Thursday
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BATTER UP Senior outfielder Kyle Ruchim takes a swing at a pitch. The seniors will take the field for the last time this weekend as Wildcats in a series against Maryland.
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